After finishing his studies last summer, Staffan Tunis has practised ski orienteering full time. “There was no problem in finding time for training while I was studying, but now I have more time to rest”, he says.

As one of the new features on the new IOF website, an IOF Photo Gallery will be launched in the beginning of April. The pictures in the gallery are freely accessible for everyone and can be used free of charge by media.

Following decisions at the 2010 IOF General Assembly in Trondheim Norway, the IOF Council appointed a project group to deal with the matter of the future World Orienteering Championships programme. The group presented an intermediate report to the IOF Council at its meeting in Helsinki in January.

As earlier announced, the races at the World Ski Orienteering Championships 2011 will be broadcast live via web-TV. In addition, a short video will be prepared each day with highlights from the day’s race. These videos can be used for TV news or similar programs.

Last August, the XXV IOF General Assembly agreed to recognise the Confederation of Orienteering Federations of the Mediterranean Sea, when the Mediterranean orienteering federations would establish it. Now the first Council meeting of the new Confederation has been held, together with the South East European Working Group meeting in Belgrade, Serbia.